Hello Barbara, > Ouch! Me and my big mouth, and my obligation to put my "money" where my > mouth is!
:) > The languages that I worked in were mainframe-based, as you > can probably guess from the timeframe (S/360 Assembler, anyone?), and > didn't include Java or any of the C variants (though I have an in-house > expert in C/C++ in my son). Those are the implementation languages for > OOo, right? C++ instead of C, then yes. > I'll admit, the idea does intrigue me, though I don't know just what I'd > be getting into or how much time it would take. I'm certainly used to > learning new languages quickly, of course, since I worked in IBM's > Federal Systems Division and we had to code in whatever the government > had bought! But assuming I'm willing to bite the bullet, how would I get > started? From the other stuff we've been talking about around this > issue, I'll need to get into wiki authoring first, but maybe after that > I could give it a try. Setting up the environment to build OOo is the first pre-requisite. Depending on your preference, this could be done on Linux or Windows (well, of course also Solaris and FreeBSD and Mac and other supported platforms - but the majority probably uses Linux or Windows). Linux is reported to be easier to get it to fly, Windows is more convenient on the long run, if you appreciate a development IDE / debugger with all bells and whistles. There's a whole category in the Wiki collecting developer-related things: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Development. I'd say http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org could be the first the entry point. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
